Owner Casey Kerlin is big on local and regional ingredients, including local duck eggs. She says she buys the ingredients from local farms, including Kai-Kai in Indiantown, and asks her chef, Taylor Mohlmann, to “do his magic.”

The chef, who came to Grommét’s from the Corner Café in Tequesta, puts those ingredients to creative use. Some of the more intriguing items on the menu:

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For the pairing, there’s a variety of beer (including Florida craft beers on draft) and a nicely curated selection of wines.

Kerlin, an Amelia Island native who now resides in Hutchinson Island, says the name was inspired by her 14-year-old son, Sutton, a surfing aficionado who calls himself a proud “grom” (a young surfer).

“He said, ‘I’m a grom, but I love gourmet food. So we combined grom and gourmet and came up with Grommét’s,” she says, pronouncing the word as graw-MAYS. “Most people just say Grommet (GRAW-mets), and that’s fine.”

The new spot is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. till the last diner leaves. It’s closed on Sundays.

Kitchen, the hot eatery tucked into a quiet Dixie Highway plaza in West Palm Beach, has unveiled a new space adjacent to the main restaurant.

Owners Matthew and Aliza Byrne took over a former tailor shop to create The Den at Kitchen, a more lounge-y space that’s just as ideal for casual appetizers and a pre-dinner glass of prosecco as it is for a chef’s tasting feast.

The space adds five tables, a small bar with three seats and a counter to the property.

“We can take in more walk-ins or offer our guests a place to have a drink before dinner. And we can do really cool wine dinners there as well,” says Aliza Byrne, who manages the front of the restaurant while her chef husband, Matthew, whips up the inspired, homey fare that has put Kitchen on the local culinary map.

Matthew, formerly a private chef for golf star Tiger Woods, creates four-course chef’s choice dinners for $70 per person. He also caters to parties who book the restaurant’s private dining room. Just a year after he opened the eatery in the former Vagabondi space, the place is growing and thriving, with seating that spills onto the terrace.

“It’s our beautiful little space,” says Aliza.

The Den is open during regular restaurant hours: Monday through Saturday from 6 p.m. till close.

The Vegan Café and Juice Bar, the earth-friendly eatery formerly located on Okeechobee Boulevard, has moved to Clematis Street’s 400 Block.

The café’s new space is located inside the Center City Pharmacy. This is where owners Moe and Terri Senechal offer scratch-made vegan foods and drinks to a clientele that’s grown since the café’s quiet opening some two months ago.

The biggest seller during these days of renewed resolutions, says Moe: the kombucha. It takes the owner/cook 10 days to ferment the nutritious tea in 55-gallon drums. He serves it on tap for $5 a 16-ounce glass and $7 a quart.

“It’s made fresh. It’s full of probiotics, vitamins. It’s good for the digestive system and immunity, full of B vitamins. It gives a quick boost – tons of energy,” he says.

The couple is exploring the possibility of adding a non-vegan, fresh-foods area to the café.

The café is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Vegan Café: 416 Clematis St. (in the Center City Pharmacy), West Palm Beach; 561-318-5045; The-Vegan-Cafe.net

Owners Scott and Amy Angelo, who roast their coffee on premises, are about to open a new location, a coffee lounge, at 150 N. U.S. Highway 1 in Tequesta.

They announced the Borland counter closing in an email to their newsletter subscribers, saying they were looking for a new space in the Gardens area. The Tequesta roasting house/café remains open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.